La Junta proposes $183,400 for bridge design, HVAC repairs
The work would be split between the General Fund and Property Management Fund, with most of the General Fund increase going to bridge design.
La Junta’s City Council is scheduled to hold a first reading and consider action Oct. 5 on a proposed 2026 budget amendment that would add $183,400 for 3rd Street Bridge design and two heating and cooling repairs.
Ordinance No. 1705 proposes $105,300 in additional General Fund spending: $78,100 for 3rd Street Bridge design, labeled grant-funded, and $27,200 for a TRANE air-conditioning repair. It would add another $78,100 to the Property Management Fund for a compressor for the OJC Child Development HVAC system.
The ordinance’s General Fund revenue schedule lists $62,500 in miscellaneous grants, a $665,000 transfer from retained earnings and a $622,200 reduction in Rural Fire Revenues. Those adjustments net to the proposed $105,300 increase. The Property Management Fund schedule lists a matching $78,100 transfer from retained earnings. The ordinance does not explain the Rural Fire Revenues adjustment.
The Oct. 5 council agenda schedules the ordinance for first reading and action at a 6 p.m. meeting.